Synopsis
Pretty Zehra and handsome Olgun spend most of their young lives working in a service
station cafeteria near a lonely highway. Their monotonous work shifts are broken up only by sparks of naive expectations of a brighter future.
Everything seems transient about their surroundings. The once important industrial area is now a faceless place of economic waste and unemployment. Most of the area’s occupants have all escaped to the big city in search of opportunity. But Zehra, Olgun and their friends still remain, caught somewhere in between the past and an uncertain future.
Zehra dreams that love will take her away from her meaningless job and life at home with her strict old-fashioned mother. She becomes fascinated by an older truck driver, Mahur, who spends much of his time on the road. As Zehra’s desire for Mahur turns into a tragic first love, her rebellious friend Olgun becomes more and more frustrated, stuck at home, not yet a young man on his own. Zehra and Olgun will experience a bittersweet rite of passage, leading to both suffering and
awakening. But as they say goodbye to their childhood innocence, love and hope will help them to move forward.
Credits
Director (1)
Production and distribution (3)
- Co-production : Catherine Dussart Production (CDP)
- Foreign production companies : The Match Factory, Ustaoglu Film Reklamcilik
- French distribution : Catherine Dussart Production (CDP)
Full credits (9)
- Screenwriter : Yeşim Ustaoğlu
- Director of Photography : Michael Hammon
- Music Composer : Marc Marder
- Editors : Naim Kanat, Mathilde Muyard, Svetolik Mica Zajc
- Sound Recordist : Bruno Tarrière
- Costume designer : Ayse Yildiz
- Foreign Producer : Yeşim Ustaoğlu
- Co-producer : Catherine Dussart
- Production Designer : Osman Özcan
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Production language : Turkish
- Coproducer countries : Turkey , France, Germany
- Original French-language productions : No
- Nationality : Minority French (Turkey , France, Germany)
- Production year : 2013
- French release : 02/07/2014
- Runtime : 2 h
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 128.928
- Visa issue date : 10/06/2013
- Approval : Yes
- Color type : Color
- Rating restrictions : Suitable for all viewers, with warnings
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